כָּלָה

ka.lahVerbH3615

to end: finish

From: a primitive root;

Short Definition

to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)

Full Lexicon Entry

finish 1) to accomplish, cease, consume, determine, end, fail, finish, be complete, be accomplished, be ended, be at an end, be finished, be spent 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be complete, be at an end 1a2) to be completed, be finished 1a3) to be accomplished, be fulfilled 1a4) to be determined, be plotted (bad sense) 1a5) to be spent, be used up 1a6) to waste away, be exhausted, fail 1a7) to come to an end, vanish, perish, be destroyed 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to complete, bring to an end, finish 1b2) to complete (a period of time) 1b3) to finish (doing a thing) 1b4) to make an end, end 1b5) to accomplish, fulfil, bring to pass 1b6) to accomplish, determine (in thought) 1b7) to put an end to, cause to cease 1b8) to cause to fail, exhaust, use up, spend 1b9) to destroy, exterminate 1c) (Pual) to be finished, be ended, be completed

Grammar

Part of Speech Verb

Morphology H:V

DescriptionHebrew Verb

Occurrences

190 times

Appears 190 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:

2 Chronicles
16
Ezk
16
Genesis
16
Psalms
14
1 Kings
12

Key Passages

  • 1 Chronicles 16:2
  • 2 Chronicles 7:11
  • Ezk 20:13
  • Isaiah 16:4
  • Lamentations 2:11

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